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grosse pointe magazine | january-february 2016 11 pointe feature Spirit of Giving By Lauren Pankin
he “Spirit of Giving” is alive and well in Grosse Pointe. Bringing over 100 nonprofits T to South High School’s gymnasium, Spirit of Giving will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. to connect the community to organizations ranging from the Salvation Army to Gleaners. As coordinator of the Grosse Pointe Public School System’s volunteer program, SERVE, Alicia Carlisle is organizing the event, which will match any Grosse Pointer to the nonprofit group best aligned with their ability to donate time and energy. In South’s main gymnasium, participating nonprofits will set up informational booths Students made blankets for distribution through to share volunteer opportunities. Beaumont, one of the event sponsors. “We have just about every imaginable nonprofit dealing Photos courtesy of Grosse Pointe Public School System with disabilities, disease, literacy or homelessness,” Carlisle says. special needs students, will provide seeds and dirt for Additionally, nonprofits will run activities before and on-the-spot planting. These seedlings can either be taken during the event. Beginning at 2 home, nursed and returned to Full Circle p.m., the American Red Cross will in the spring or planted and sent to take blood donations in South’s schools equipped with greenhouses. Cleminson Hall, and during the In a concurrent event called Soup two hours of Spirit of Giving, Kids for the Soul, more than a dozen local Against Hunger will work to bag restaurants will partner with sponsors 3,000 meals, one third of which will Beaumont Hospital and the Grosse be distributed locally. Pointe Chamber of Commerce. Each For their community garden, Full restaurant will provide a pot of soup, Circle, a foundation that supports and customers will be asked to donate, Grosse Pointe Public School System even if their contribution is a penny. At the event’s close, proceeds of this fundraiser will be donated to a nonprofit. Last year, the Chamber sponsored Spirit of Giving and coordinated soup collection. Chamber Director of Administration MaryJo Harris says the Chamber sponsors the event because it is an excellent venue for exposure to volunteer opportunities. “Volunteering helps students get involved in new activities, gain new skills that can’t always be taught in a classroom setting, and build relationships with people they may have never had the opportunity to meet,” Harris says. “Volunteers are one of the most important resources our community organizations have.” P
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A Big Tilt for Grosse Pointe Community
By Melissa Walsh
ockey is a game of mistakes played by folks who walk on H water. Its power transcends the ice pad to the momentum of community. While the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association champions several Kirk Maltby covering Marshall Vyletel charitable causes, the greatest gift they bring kid players and beer-leaguers is memories of sharing resident in the Pointes now for many hockey seasons, ice with hockey’s elite. considers this “home.” Sandy MacMechan and the City of Grosse Pointe “It’s a community where you know people,” says Maltby, Foundation organized last month’s charity game between “whether you go to a restaurant or to Kroger to buy DRWAA and the Grosse Pointe South High School boys’ your groceries, you see someone you know.... It’s a great and girls’ varsity squads at East Side Hockey Ice Arena community to raise a family in.” (formerly the Grosse Pointe Community Rink). Maltby’s three kids have participated in the array of Pointer Paul Boyer, who as the Red Wings equipment activities offered in the Pointes, from Little League to dance manager, is frequently away to get the team geared up, and swim team to, naturally, hockey. So Maltby’s personal enjoyed the event as a hockey dad, as his son and daughter goal for this game was “to give back to the community.” are South hockey players. “The Grosse Pointe City Foundation does a lot,” says “It’s really special that I can watch my kids play some of Grosse Pointe South Athletic Director Jeremy Hawkins, my good friends,” says Boyer, who has strong ties with the “but the biggest benefit for us is the game itself.” Red Wings alumni. His pre-game prediction was “a lot of The South girls’ squad faced the alumni in the first half, smiles.” But Boyer’s smile shone brightest, as he witnessed with Erin Brannagan scoring first, lifting the puck over both daughter Maddalenna and son Paul Jr. score goals. Eddie Mio’s blocker. Former Red Wing Kirk Maltby, a native of Canada and “It was awesome,” she says. “I know they weren’t trying too hard, but it was really fun.” Maddalenna Boyer scoring a goal on “You can tell they’re not trying 100 percent,” Detroit Red Wings goalie Eddie Mio says tendy Bella Strickler, “but it’s still fast.” Mio, who was raised in an era when few imagined females playing hockey, says he’s impressed with the girls’ skating and passing game. “They got three goals. Kind of ruins by goals against, but I’m happy.” In the second half, the South boys played a quick, battling game to a 2-2 tie, goalie Dante Valente valiantly defending the GPSHS net. On the score sheet first was Jack Flynn with a greasy goal, achieved by getting the puck through a defenseman, then deking the goalie to the left to slide it in. Flynn says, “I was just trying to show up my coach out there.” Paul Boyer Jr., a.k.a. “Junior,” tuned out the chirps from his dad’s buddies to score the second goal from a saucy rebound off the post. Photos by Michael S. Doré The event concluded with the next best thing Detroit Red Wing Alumni Association to a W — a shootout before cheering fans. P
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grosse pointe magazine | january-february 2016 17 BCV 3992 Pointe Magazine Winter Ad.indd 1 12/15/15 5:02 PM pointe feature Kalie Pettet Ryan South senior riding into the future
By Beth Quinn
hen Kalie Pettet Ryan packs up W the family car in September for her freshman year in college, she will need to leave plenty of room for one very unusual and bulky item — a saddle. The Grosse Pointe South High School senior hopes to turn her passion for horses into a career when she enrolls in the School of Equine Studies Victoria Prizer, of at Lake Erie College, a private Metamora Hunt Club, liberal arts college outside presents a silver platter to Cleveland, Ohio. The college is Kalie Pettet Ryan and her renown for its equine studies horse, Red, for winning program, which attracts The Follow the Hounds students from around the competition during world. Metamora’s hunter trials “A lot comes with it. Most held in October. people don’t realize what goes into becoming a successful trainer,” says Pettet Ryan. “I will be studying horse anatomy pass by the barn every day on my way to swim practice and and physiology, barn management, course design and grain I would just stare at the horses,” she says. “They were so feed, in addition to my regular college classes. beautiful. I just knew I wanted to ride them.” She will also be a member of the school’s elite equestrian At age of 7, she got her first horse, Diego. The next team, which won top honors at the 2011 Intercollegiate 12 years have been one of fast paced achievement Dressage Association National Championships. commemorated by several trophies, ribbons and silver Pettet Ryan is ready to compete with and against the best. platters. This past October, the 17-year-old became the youngest The equestrian community is a small one. Unbeknownst person in 30 years to the win the coveted “Follow The to Pettet Ryan, Metamora sent scouts to watch her ride Hounds” trophy during 2015 Hunter Trials at Metamora at the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club. On the spot, Metamora Hunt. Pettet Ryan competed in the highest level against 50 extended an invitation to the high school freshman to train of her fellow Metamora members. in fox hunting. Within three years, she became the only “I didn’t know I had won anything so I was just riding my junior to be in the highest flight at the club. horse, Red, back to the barn late in the afternoon,” she says. Despite all her accomplishments, Pettet Ryan is “A lady drove up to me along the road and told me I had humble and matter-of-fact about her secret for success. won. I was in shock.” “Overcoming the fear factor is the first thing I learned to The horse bug bit Pettet Ryan during a summer at the do,” she says. “Once you get over that, then confidence is Grosse Pointe Hunt Club when she was 5 years old. “I would the secret.” P
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Diamonds and Stars — Shining Bright for 60 Years
By Beth Newhart
ll that glitters won’t be gold at this year’s A annual auction for Our Lady Star of the Sea School. The school is marking its 60th anniversary, and since diamonds are the gift for that milestone, they are the natural theme for the event. “Diamonds and Stars — Shining Bright for 60 Years” will take place Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. According to Auction Chair Danielle Brousseau, last year’s auction raised more than $157,000, a record high for the school. Patron Campaign Chair Margaret Spindler with Monsignor Gary Smetanka Proceeds from this year’s event will be Photo by John Minnis used for curriculum enhancements, classroom improvements and technological improvements as well. and sponsors had the opportunity to years and the former athletic director Planning for this year’s event see how their support has positively as well. Working alongside Brousseau, started just as last year’s auction impacted the education of our Spindler has seen generations of Star was completed, Brousseau says. She students.” families go through the school. In fact, is grateful to have many volunteers Some of this year’s items up for one-third of Stars’ current students are returning to help the process run auction include jewelry, a suite at children of alumni, and some families smoothly and for new members who Comerica Park for a Tigers game, a are on their third generations. have joined in to help as well. vacation to Turks & Caicos and a full- “It is an absolute joy to see so many “Over the past 12 years of being part size dollhouse for American Girls. of our former students come back and of the auction,” she says, “one thing Raffle items include a choice of a two- visit and even enroll their children at remains the same: There is no greater year lease on a 2016 Lincoln MKC Star,” she says. motivation than what I witness while or $10,000 and a year of dining at Star families and alumni are visiting the school and seeing the premier restaurants around Detroit. invited to the auction as is the entire benefits provided by auction funds Leading the Patron Campaign is community. Tickets are $90 per within the classrooms. I wish all of Margaret Spindler, Star’s physical person; for more information, visit the donors, sponsors, advertisers education teacher and coach for 42 www.OLSOS-Auction.org. P
22 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE Survey: Woods seniors active “A good use of our resources would be to connect GP seniors with the services By Anne Marie Gattari • Hospital volunteering: 75% are currently available,” said Sharon enior residents want to stay active, • Health screening: 70% Maier, of Grosse Pointe Woods Senior be entertained and help others, • Historical education: 60% Citizens’ Commission. “We could do this S according to a 2015 survey by • Baking / cooking: nearly 60% through e-blasts, the Woods newsletter, the Grosse Pointe Woods Senior Citizens’ • Cards: 60% links to on-going services and distributing Commission. • Line dancing: 60% information at events.” The survey confirmed that Grosse • Homeless shelter volunteering: 55% More than 400 local senior residents Pointe seniors are an active group • Medicare information: 50% participated in the survey, which was sent interested in a wide variety of • Bike riding: 45% to Woods homes as well as distributed via educational, wellness and leisure Because many of these activities and email. activities and programs. programs are currently held in the The Grosse Pointe Woods Senior Of the many leisure activities asked community by such organizations as Citizens’ Commission meets the third about in in the survey, the highest vote- Services for Older Citizens, Grosse Pointe Tuesday bi-monthly beginning in getters are the following: 7.625 in. War Memorial, Neighborhood Club, The January at City Hall at 7 p.m. All are • Attending concerts: 95% Family Center, Grosse Pointe libraries, welcome. • Walking: 85% churches and hospitals, the commission Anne Marie Gattari is chairperson of • Computer education: 80% will work on serving as a clearinghouse the Grosse Pointe Woods Senior Citizens’ • Travel club: 75% for such information. Commission. P
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Preserving the past, creating for the future
By Beth Quinn
t’s ironic that Grosse Pointe they realized the house’s numerous Park stained-glass artist beveled-glass windows were in need I Ann Baxter is recognized by of repair. Having them professionally the fans of Nicole Curtis’s highly rated repaired was not in the budget. television show Rehab Addict. “I rarely Baxter remembers that her husband watch TV,” Baxter laments. “If I do came up with the idea for her to watch at night, I become comatose.” use the art skills she acquired Baxter’s 30-year career as a stained as a student at Michigan State glass artist started out as one of University. “David knew I was able practicality and necessity. When to draw and paint,” she says, “so he she and her husband, David, bought said, ‘If you can do that, why don’t her childhood home 30 years ago, you learn how to work with glass?’” While the classes were a launching pad, Baxter says learning to work with stained and leaded glass takes a willingness to make mistakes. likes working on stained glass “You have to windows in churches. She views them get a feeling for as one of the earliest forms of public the process. I’ve art. “Churches starting using stained broken a lot of glass as a way of telling the stories of pieces of glass,” the religion to the illiterate,” she says. she says. “It’s very “That is where it has its glory. It’s not hands on. You just something pretty to look at, but it can’t learn it on has historical significance.” YouTube.” Baxter does take great pride in Nowadays, her original works of art, such as Baxter is the stained glass windows she was considered one of commissioned to create for the Gillis the premier artists Ransom Mansion on Rehab Addict. of this rigorous Since there were no images art form. Her of the original structure, Baxter company, Baxter painstakingly researched the history Glass Art, has done of the house, the owners and the projects ranging neighborhood. She spent hours from creating creating the design and finding original modern materials that would accurately artwork for reflect the house’s Venetian Gothic private residences architecture. to renovating a “I wanted to answer the question, soaring antique ‘What could it have been?’ and I think stained glass in a it does that,” she says. “I signed my cathedral. pieces. There’s a lot of me in that She especially house.” P
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Photo by Christine M.J. Hathaway Refurbishing Detroit’s glorious past — in Grosse Pointe! By Lena Carlile
he resurgence of downtown of recognition, the Junior League most talented interior and landscape Detroit and adjacent of Detroit is the forerunner of the designers. T neighborhoods is all the Designers’ Show Houses in this Honorary co-chairs of this year’s rage, making news in national and area, adding that woman’s touch to Designers’ Show House are Richard regional publications, such as the Wall the rehabilitation of these treasured and Jane Manoogian, who invite all to Street Journal and Crain’s Detroit properties. To fund its many come and view this fabulous piece of Business. endeavors, the nonprofit Junior League Detroit — and Grosse Pointe — history. The attention and growth have You must see it to believe it! P become contagious and are rapidly turning into an epidemic. Lena Carlile serves on the 2016 Adding to the excitement is Junior League of Detroit Designers’ the major refurbishment of a Show House Committee. She has been 5,300-square-foot home just east of a member of the Junior League since the City of Detroit, at 15500 Windmill 1973, serving in Columbus and Toledo Pointe Drive. Ohio, Chicago and Detroit. Originally built in 1927 by architects Benjamin and Straight, the home was designed for Colonel Jesse Vincent, 2016 Designers’ Show House Committee, the inventor and vice president of stages a biennial Designers’ Show from left, standing, Lena Carlile, co-chair engineering for the Packard Motor House as one of its major fundraisers. Lisa Mower Gandelot, Sherry McRill and Car Co. An astonishing feature of this Though the event is not until May Jane Fox; seated, Cheryl Gauss, Elizabeth beautiful home is the boat well that 7 through May 22, the League has Klein, co-chair Pam Stanton Caulfield extends from the lakeshore, bisecting already had in excess of 1,600 people and Cynthia Hempstead. Not present the yard so that the owner’s boat can be pay to receive a “sneak peak” of the were honorary chairs Richard and Jane stored on the lower level beneath the property. Members of the Junior Manoogian, Designers’ Show House living room. It is a sight to see! League expect some 10,000 visitors to chairmen Ann Baxter and Sabine Iafrate While Detroit is receiving plenty come and view the work of the area’s and committee member Barbara Weiss.
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ith short winter days and long winter nights, our homes seem to close in on us. W Daily routines shift and cabin fever sets in. If you are feeling blue or have Seasonal Affective Disorder, here is a simple solution. Escape with the family. Pack up your sandals, ice skates and your camera and pile into the car for a quick respite. Once you cross the General Douglas MacArthur Bridge on Jefferson Ave., you will find yourself on a slice of Detroit paradise, Belle Isle.
Today, Belle Isle, situated on America’s busiest inland waterway, affords spectacular views of the Detroit River, freighters and the Ambassador Bridge. A winding road guides you to the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, a greenhouse and botanical garden. It is currently the oldest continually running conservatory in the United States. The first wooden greenhouse was built on Belle Isle in 1903 from wood salvaged from the St. Louis World’s Fair; it was rebuilt in 1950 with iron and aluminum. The complex covers 13 acres of Photos by Virginia Ficarra the 982-acre island park.
As you enter the Palm House area of the Belle Isle Conservatory take a deep breath and savor the scent of the lush green tropics, maintained at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Note the 85-foot dome including plant life from every corner of the globe, from South America to the jungles of Southeast Asia. Enjoy nature’s creations, such as the Chinese Fan palm, Fishtail palms, Umbrella tree and Canary Island Date palm. Adjacent to the Palm House area, is the Tropical House, containing fruit and flowering plants, common fig trees, Calamondin orange and Bloodleaf banana. If you love desert flowers, visit the Cactus House. Lined with tufa rock, it holds a variety of cacti and succulents, jellybeans, silver dollar and jade plants. The Fernery House, my favorite room, is a comfortable 62 degrees Fahrenheit and sunken to provide cooler conditions and higher humidity. Look for the Alsophilis, and a small waterfall located in the center. For special occasions and seasonal plants, the Show House changes its colorful displays throughout the year.
Take an hour or take a day to also enjoy ice-skating and the Aquarium next door. The conservatory is free to the public, and operates Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the DNR at (313) 396-0217, the Conservatory at (313) 331-7760, or Virginia at [email protected]. Restaurant Guide Ardmore — St. Clair Shores Gem 26717 Little Mack, St. Clair Shores • (586) 443-4597 Come dine in an atmosphere that is relaxing and comfortable. For lunch we have an array of salads, sandwiches and hot entrees and new specials daily. Some of our wonderful dinner menu items include steaks, lamb chops, stuffed salmon and much more. Dinner specials now include 1/2 roasted duck, lobster tails, surf and turf and evening specials. We offer beer, wine and cocktails from our full bar. Hark back to the time when dining was an elegant, relaxing affair. What better place than the historic Ardmore Park Place? Finally, you won’t want to miss enjoying a fine libation and live entertainment Thursday-Saturday evenings in our“Piano Lounge” during dining hours, 6-9 p.m. Book your wedding or baby showers, rehearsal dinners and birthday parties with us. We will take care of all your banquet needs. Ardmore Park Place — it’s more than dining; it’s a shopping experience. We are located on Little Mack in St. Clair Shores, just north of Frazho Road (10 1/2 Mile).
Hours: Lunch: Mon-Sat 11am-4pm; Dinner: Thurs-Sat 5-9pm Web: www.ardmoreparkplace.com
Blufin Sushi ... Expansion complete, Full Bar! 18584 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 332-0050 Blufin is located on Mack just south of Moross. We have a great atmosphere in a cozy setting. At Blufin, we offer fresh, healthy foods using only the finest ingredients. We offer a wide variety of sushi, including our signature rolls like the Blufin, Las Vegas and Grosse Pointer made with only the freshest Alaskan King Crab. All our rolls are plated with amazing artistry. Also on our menu are entrees such as Japanese fried chicken, ahi tuna, Mongolian Beef, fried rice and tempura vegetable. Blufin Sushi has so many items to choose from we can’t list them all. We also offer salads, soups, sliders, desserts and a kids menu consisting of chicken fingers, grilled chicken, fish tacos, etc. We now have our liquor license serving sake, wine, beer and cocktails. $250 Reservation fee up to 6 guests. $ covers food and drink. join us for sunday brunch 10-3! Sunday, Feb. 14, is Valentine’s Day ... Don’t disappoint!
Hours: Mon-Thurs 11:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-11pm, Sun 10am-8pm Happy Hour: Mon-Thurs 2:30pm-5:30pm & 9pm-close Web: WWW.BLUFINSUSHI.COM
Champs Rotisserie & Seafood 20515 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods (3 blks. S. of Vernier) • (313) 886-7755 Champs is located on Mack just three streets south of Vernier. Our soups, sauces and dressings are made daily using only the freshest ingredients from Michigan companies when possible. Champs is known for its Rotisserie Ribs and Chicken, served with our homemade BBQ sauce for which Champs has been known for the past 40 years since it was the BBQ House of Grosse Pointe. We also offer an exquisite variety of seafood, salad entrees, sandwiches, appetizers and a full children’s menu. We also offer daily specials that we have become known for. For those warm nights, enjoy our patio with a big screen TV or you may choose to stay inside and snuggle by our beautiful fireplace. With this unique atmosphere, comes a full-service bar to make your dining experience complete. We have a great selection of Michigan-made vodka, gin and bourbon and a wide selection of scotch, from house to high end. Call ahead on those busy days for a carry-out. Our specially designed carry-out boxes will ensure your food gets home fresh and hot. We will cater your next event. Call and speak to one of our catering specialists after 4 p.m. Order off our catering menu or create your own.
Come visit us for our Daily Specials (Ribs, Chicken, Fish, Entree Salads & Sandwiches)
Hours: Mon-Thurs 4-10pm, Fri-Sat 4-11pm, Sun 3-10pm Web: www.ChampsRotisserie.com grosse pointe magazine | january-february 2016 29 Restaurant Guide City Kitchen 16844 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe • (313) 882-6667 Located in the heart of The Village, City Kitchen prides itself on being a unique neighborhood eatery that serves quality fare in an upscale, yet relaxed and casual setting, as well as carry-out and on- and off-site catering. The restaurant offers fresh seafood from Foley Fish Co., Boston’s famous fish house, as well as Great Lakes perch, pickerel and Lake Superior whitefish delivered daily. From the grill, try “Certified Angus Beef” New York strip or tenderloin steaks and some of the best burgers in town. Also enjoy seasonal salads, desserts, appetizers and wood-fired pizza. Join us at our bar for Happy Hour Monday–Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and enjoy your favorite cocktail, beer or wine of your choice at our special Happy Hour pricing.
VALENTINE’S DAY IS SUNDAY, FEB. 14. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY!
Hours: Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am-3:30pm Dinner: Mon-Thurs 4:30-9:30pm, Fri 4:30-10pm, Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm Web: www.city-kitchen.com Photo by Donald Schulte
Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe 97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 882-5299 Winner of Hour Detroit Magazine awards for 2010 Restaurant of the Year and Best Chef 2010 & 2011, the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe features top guest musicians and award-winning food. Two-time “Best Chef” winner André Neimanis offers an American bistro menu in a well-appointed, 65-seat dining room with white-linen round tables surrounded by red-fabric walls with dark wood,wainscoting, Tudor carriage lights and dog-themed paintings and sculptures. Favorites include Fork and Knife Burger with Foie Gras, Shrimp Paella, Smoked Tomato Soup with Brie Toast and Creekstone Farms Filet Mignon to name a few! Live Jazz Tuesday through Saturday offers patrons a unique and memorable experience (reservations are strongly recommended). Private dining is available for up to 25 people in The Boardroom, which also features full meeting and conference capabilities.
Hours: Tues 11:30am-8pm; Wed-Thur 11:30am-10pm; Fri 11:30am-11:30pm; Sat. 4pm-11:30pm
Web: www.dirtydogjazz.com
Harvard Grill 16624 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park • (313) 882-9090 Don’t feel like cooking tonight? Stop by Harvard Grill for our delicious, home-cooked and affordable daily specials that include soup, salad or coleslaw: Monday: Wednesday: Friday: • Pot Roast with mashed • Beef Stroganoff served over • Tilapia served with fries or mac potatoes, vegetable and roll noodles with garlic toast & cheese, coleslaw and roll. Pan • Chicken Ala King served over • Sloppy Joe with potato chips Fried, Deep Fried or Broiled. noodles with garlic toast • Fish & Chips — Cod served Thursday: Tuesday: with fries or mac and cheese, • Chicken Pot Pie with garlic • Pork Chop with mashed coleslaw and roll. Pan Fried, Deep toast potatoes, vegetable and roll Fried or Broiled. • Short Ribs of Beef with mashed • Spaghetti Sunday: potatoes, vegetable and roll. • Baked Spaghetti • Eggs Benedict
Breakfast served all day every day. Now serving beer and wine! Hours: Open 7 Days — Mon-Fri 7am-8pm; Sat 7am-4pm; Sun 7am-3pm
30 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE Restaurant Guide Irish Coffee Bar and Grill Home of the original bar burger! We want to thank you for your business in 2015, and 18666 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 881-5675 we look forward to seeing you in 2016. Irish Coffee Bar and Grill has been a staple on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Farms for 35 years, notable Best wishes and Happy New Year!! for their fantastic bar burgers (1/3 lb ground rounds) and numerous coffee cocktails. Three high-definition TVs make this neighborhood bar a great place to watch the game. Swing by after the game or any entertainment event in the area, bring your ticket stub and your burger is only $2.96 with purchase of a beverage! The daily lunch special is the best in town: dine-in between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and for $6.95 have a ground round, fries and your choice of beverage (domestic draft beer or pop). This is also good for a fish sandwich or a grilled chicken sandwich. This family-owned restaurant is a great spot for young and old, and there is something on the menu for everyone. The homemade onion rings are a local favorite, and the fresh and hand-battered yellow-belly perch are particularly popular among seafood lovers. Numerous corned-beef sandwiches top off the menu with a true, Irish flare. The grill is open until 1 a.m., seven days a week! Hope to see you there!
BE SURE TO BRING YOUR SWEETIE BY ON VALENTINE’S DAY, SUNDAY , FEB. 14!
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-2am; Sun 5pm-2am Grill open until 1 a.m., 7 days a week!
Little Tony’s - Lounge in the Woods 20513 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods • (313) 885-8522 Little Tony’s is Grosse Pointe’s favorite Bar & Grill. A place where families and friends have gathered for over 40 years for good food and good cheer. Cozy, quaint and warm, it’s a throwback to when a business was run by an owner and not a corporation. A real neighborhood bar, where locals meet and everyone really does know your name. Serving only the freshest of Ground Rounds (they’re delivered daily), Little Tony’s has made a name for itself as “the place” to go on the east side for Great Burgers. Cooked to order and served with an array of extras, you are sure to have your burger craving satisfied here. Voted “Best Burger on the East Side” by the Detroit Free Press and Grosse Pointe Patch. The menu, although small, has a lot more to offer. Delicious Reubens, succulent Turkey and Ham sandwiches, Fish and Chips, Tuna Melts to die for, and don’t forget Carol’s Famous Chili. Our extensive bar is complimented by a great selection of beers, ales and wines. Dine on our beautiful, open-air patio during the summer months. Family friendly, so bring the kids, our great wait staff can’t wait to serve you.
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-11pm Web: www.littletonysgp.com
Luxe Bar & Grill 115 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 924-5459 Luxe is the neighborhood spot that serves quality food, drink and atmosphere — without pretense. Hospitality is our passion — quality and taste are the priority. We believe the character of a bar is its patrons, and we welcome all seeking food, company and friendly conversation to enjoy our charmed local bar. An eclectic menu features fantastic Prime Burgers on homemade brioche buns, as well as scratch soups, salads and entrées, including chicken, salmon, lamb chops and steaks in a variety of different daily preparations. Chef Christina Stanco embraces various elements of traditional and new American cuisine.
LUXE BAR & GRILL IS A GREAT PLACE FOR A VALENTINE’S DATE!
Hours: Daily 11am-1am (Kitchen closes at midnight.) Web: www.luxebarandgrill.com grosse pointe magazine | january-february 2016 31 Restaurant Guide Mack Avenue Grille 19841 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods • (313) 886-0680 As the Mack Avenue Grille enters its fourth year under the ownership of veteran restaurateurs Louie and Dino Ropotos, they would like to kick things up a notch to the compliment the fine wines and premium beers they began offering last year. The brothers are adding some new fine dining dishes to their menu, including pan- seared and broiled Alaskan Cod, broiled Salmon, Classic Lamb Chops, Chicken Piccata and Chicken Marsala and more to their standard fare, including 31 gourmet salads and breakfast favorites, such as the ever-popular Very Berry Crème Brûlée French Toast. And true to their heritage, the Ropotos Brothers are announcing Saturday evening Greek Night, featuring all classic and favorite dishes. Of course, they are not forgetting what made Mack Avenue Grille more than a diner. They will continue to offer three homemade soups du jour or freshly homemade chili daily, burgers and all manner of diner sandwiches, fresh-squeezed orange juice and three-egg, whipped omelets of all combinations. All ingredients are fresh — no frozen fish here!
Bring your sweetheart in for breakfast or lunch on Valentine’s Day!
Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-8pm, Sun 8am-3pm
Morning Glory Coffee & Pastries 85 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 647-0298 It’s Grosse Pointe Farms’ favorite “go-to” spot! Morning Glory Coffee & Pastries boasts everything from torts, cakes and pies from its full-service bakery to delicious soups made fresh each day. A standout for the coffee shop is its liquor license — guests may enjoy specialty coffee drinks, such as Spanish and Irish coffee, wines by the glass and even a “spiked” lemonade and smoothies! Stop in early for that first fresh-brewed “cuppa” with a homemade pastry and come back for a house-made soup for lunch.
WE’RE YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP FOR VALENTINE’S DAY SWEETS & TREATS!
Hours: Mon-Sat 6am-6pm; Sun 9am-3pm Web: www.MorningGloryGrossePointe.com
Pepperoni Grille 22411 Greater Mack, St. Clair Shores • (586) 774-3998 As its name implies, Pepperoni Grille is a cheerful spot set in a welcome, casual atmosphere. The eatery features a small bar and dining room on one side of the central open kitchen, and a second dining room on the other side. It offers notable pizza along with a number of popular dishes from Calamari, Chicken Picatta and Lake Michigan Perch to Filet Mignon and New York Strip Steaks and Baby Back Ribs. The staff is friendly and courteous. The full bar offers wine, liquor and beer. Our Reverse Happy Hour from 8 p.m. to close 7 days features $2 domestic beers, $5 martinis and 1/2-off appetizers. Tuesday is half-off pizza all day, dine in or carry out. Wednesdays feature two signature pasta dishes and a bottle of wine $38. be mine on valentine’s day!
Hours: Mon 4-10pm; Tues-Thurs 11am-10pm; Fri 11am-11pm; Sat noon-11pm; Sun 3-9pm Web: www.pepperonigrillescs.com
32 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE Restaurant Guide Shores Inn 23410 Greater Mack St. Clair Shores MI 48080 • (586) 773-8940 Established in 1937 and under the same ownership since 1969, the Shores Inn has been a local favorite for generations. Featuring 150 craft beer selections, an enclosed heated patio (with fire pit) and Happy Hour 7 days a week (buy one appetizer, get one free of equal or lesser value with two beverage purchase), the Shores Inn is a popular gathering spot for all ages. Delicious, homemade pizza has just been added to the extensive menu and daily specials keep hungry guests coming back:
Monday - Burger Bash (burger and fries) $4.99. Kids Day every Monday through January. Come meet Olaf, and every kid under 12 eats free, 5-8 p.m.! Tuesday - Fajita Frenzy $10.99; 1/2 off pizza! Wednesday - All you can eat Perch $12.99 Thursday - Rib Rave (1/2 slab with fries) $9.99 Sunday - Prime Rib $13.99
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-2am; Sun Noon-2am Web: www.shoresinn.com
Sierra Station La Cantina 15110 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park • (313) 822-1270 The Sierra Station was established in 1977 and has transformed into a favorite Grosse Pointe Park destination. The Sierra Station prides itself as a family-style Mexican restaurant, offering affordable dinners. Most impressive is the food! Few restaurants survive 36 years unless they have great food. The entrée menu features more than 30 dishes served with the standard rice and beans. House specialties are the Verda Sauce and Chili Relleno. It is one of the few places you can sit down, eat authentic Mexican food, have a Margarita, enjoy the South-of-the-Border ambience and bric-a-brac and let your kids run free. The patio veranda is an ideal space to throw your wedding party, family celebration or business luncheon. Prefer an indoor setting for your event? Sierra Station has a private dining room filled with beautiful authentic decorated space capable of setting 40 guests. Join us on Thursdays for $2 Margaritas. Carry-outs available.
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Telly’s Place — Est. 1982 20791 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods • (313) 881-3985 As a staple of the Grosse Pointe Woods neighborhood since 1982, Telly’s isn’t your normal bar and grill. Walk in off Mack and you’ll instantly notice that with over 30 years of history, a sense of warmth, friendliness and contemporary atmosphere abounds. Look around and you’ll see a couple on a romantic date, sharing an order of our signature spinach dip and chips, a group of friends celebrating a birthday with our specialty martinis, or people sitting at the bar, watching the game on our flat-screen TVs. Everyone is welcome at Telly’s. Everyone is family at Telly’s. Owners and native Grosse Pointers Ty and Jimmy are committed to bringing you the atmosphere, quality and service that has made Telly’s an institution. Telly’s is the place to be on Super Bowl Sunday! Telly’s Specials: • Wednesday-Saturday • Monday - $4 Margaritas Live Entertainment • Tuesday - Bar Bingo 9 p.m.-Midnight • Sunday - .50 Wings and $2.50 Domestic WIN drinks & gift cards Beers • Wednesday - $5 Specialty Martinis Happy Hour 7 days a week 3-6 pm: $1 off all drinks and $4.99 Select Appetizers Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-Close; Sun Noon-Close Web: tellysplace.com grosse pointe magazine | january-february 2016 33 Restaurant Guide Steve’s Backroom 24317 Jefferson, St Clair Shores • (586) 774-9337 Since the 1980s, Steve’s Backroom has been providing quality Mediterranean Cuisine. Old World recipes are prepared under the careful eye of Bouchra Raffoul. Many traditional favorites, such as Stuffed Grape Leaves, Cabbage Rolls, Lamb Kabobs, Chicken Tawook, Fattosh Salad, Steve’s Backroom Chicken Salad and the more popular Steve Salad with homemade Pomegranate dressing, just to name a few. In 2010, Steve’s won the Small Business Award from the Macomb Region of the Small Business Administration, and in 2012 Macomb Daily readers awarded Steve’s as its favorite Middle Eastern restaurant. Steve’s bakes fresh pita bread for dine-in customers, and serves a limited pizza menu baked in a stone oven. A full bar is available as well as a banquet room that seats up to 40. Carry out catering is available. Steve’s also serves breakfast seven days a week starting at 8 a.m.
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The Current Food & Libations 24026 Jefferson, St Clair Shores • (586) 773-7770 Located on beautiful Lake St Clair, The Current, is an American Fusion restaurant with a Great Lakes Twist! Featured in Hour Detroit Magazine, The Current’s scratch kitchen focuses on Michigan-made products utilizing quality locally produced items in their recipes. From Eastern Market produce and meats and locally made desserts, to Michigan staples such as Faygo, Better Made potato chips, Michigan is sprinkled throughout the menu. The full service bar features only Michigan craft beers on draft and showcases Michigan’s expanding distilling industry by featuring local spirits in specialty cocktails. Whether you are looking for a great lunch experience with a view or a nice dinner by the fireplace or a venue to host your next event, The Current’s outstanding menu, coupled with its knowledgeable and friendly staff will be available year-round to accommodate your every need!
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The Hill Seafood and Chop House 123 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 886-8101 • (313) 886-9653 Now in its 16th year, The Hill remains a premier dining destination on the East Side. Recently renovated, The Hill continues to deliver an exceptional dining experience. Menus are seasonally updated, but don’t worry, the “Hill of Perch” is still a favorite! Popular menu items include Allen Brothers® USDA Prime New York Strip Steaks and Burgers, wild caught seafood. Dessert pastries are provided locally by Cornwall Bakery. Whether planning a special celebration or just looking for a great burger and fries, The Hill will exceed your expectations. The vibrant bar scene offers Happy Hour Monday-Thursday, 5-7 p.m., featuring 1/2 Off Domestic Beer and Wine, $5 “Hill Martinis” and $7 Appetizers. Online reservations powered by OpenTable now offered at www.thehillgrossepointe.com!
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34 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE Restaurant Guide The Rattlesnake Club 300 River Place Drive, Detroit • (313) 567-4400 Locally Grown since 1988. Watch “Bon Appetit, Detroit,” our new cooking video series in partnership with Eastern Market, on our website! Detroit’s finest riverfront dining experience celebrates over 25 years of innovative cuisine and outstanding service in our exquisite setting. We take pride in providing diners with an unparalleled, unforgettable culinary experience. Memories are made here as Executive Chef Chris Franz and his renowned team creatively prepare the highest quality local and seasonal foods using Prime Certified Angus Beef and non-farmed, sustainably-harvested seafood. The wine list shines with rare and boutique wines as well as an extensive craft beer list which complements a bar stocked with the finest local-to-global products. The award-winning restaurant’s elegant dining rooms offer picturesque views of the Detroit and Windsor skylines, and in the warm weather months, the lovely Garden Terrace is a lush retreat. The Rattlesnake Club’s beautifully appointed private dining rooms add an intimate ambiance to special celebrations and meetings, and the Stroh River Place Atrium, with its breathtaking blend of marble, brick & glass, is the ideal setting for corporate functions, vehicle displays and charity auctions. The Rattlesnake’s stunning riverfront patio sets the stage for lavish wedding ceremonies and receptions. We’ll see you at the ’Snake! Hours: Tues-Thurs 11:30am-10pm; Fri 11:30am-11pm; Sat 5:30-11pm Happy Hour: Thurs & Fri 4-7pm Web: www.rattlesnakedetroit.com Photo by The Rattlesnake Club/Joe Vaughn
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When did you start running and why? What is the secret to long distance running? I started running when I was a teen. My dad used to Preparation. I typically run between 70 and 100 miles per take me running. It was something I did to relax and keep week. I burn through one pair of shoes per month. It’s a blast in shape all my life. I would always run 5 to 10 miles even being ready for a race and enjoying the ride. I also work for through college. Lutheran Social Services of Michigan in Detroit and often run home, 24 miles. How many races have you run in? What were the What are the health benefits longest, most challenging, of running? or most interesting? I have a condition called Although I’ve been running all hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. my life, I’ve probably only run in Some doctors tell me not to run, 1,015 races. but there is no medical evidence My first “race” was a 31- that it is dangerous for my mile trail run. I then worked condition. In fact, when I run, I backwards. Each race has a do not require any medications different style and cardio zone. for blood pressure. When I don’t The longest was a 100-mile run, it creeps up to hypertensive. trail run I did in the fall. It took me just over 25 hours straight. What is the biggest mistake It meant the most, not people make when they because of distance, but my dad Robert Louis-Ferdinand, left, began running with his father, right. decide to start running? died hours after I finished. He is People try to go fast or do too my idol, and I’m glad to think he knew I finished. It’s a gift he much. In fact, for most health benefits, the slower speeds burn gave me. more fat. An easy 15 minutes per mile pace helps you lose The most challenging was a 50-mile race I did earlier in weight and you don’t get injured as easily. the year. I let myself get dehydrated and literally had to crawl the last couple of miles. My son, who finished eighth overall, Tell us a little about you. carried me down the mountain side. I am married and have five children and two grandchildren. The most interesting thing I did was last summer. After All like running. My 16-year-old goes to International helping a friend on a 100-mile attempt in Tennessee, my son Academy in West Bloomfield. He currently runs 70 miles and I traveled across the U.S. running Ultras, during which I per week on his own and likes to condition. It is fun to have also grew a scary beard to be funny. We finished hundreds of someone to do the long runs with. miles of races and spent a lot of time together. I have a BS and MS in Chemistry and BSN in Nursing. Also, While I really prefer trail/mountain runs, I also like the I get hungry and can eat like you have never seen before. Detroit Marathon because I love Detroit. Next year, I’m heading out West for more difficult runs. P Above: Robert Louis-Ferdinand with son, Noah, and fellow runner and friend Kevin Gearin 36 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE St. John Medical Center - Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Campus 17141 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe 313-642-5000
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& Dr. Kahn is the first physician in the world certified Q A in Metabolic Cardiology by the University of South Florida School of Medicine, the first physican in n Oct. 1, Dr. Joel Kahn, Michigan certified in the Bale Doneen Method by “America’s Holistic Heart the Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Center, Doc,” opened The Kahn Center and the first physician in Michigan certified O by the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and for Cardiac Longevity on the Hill. Through in depth programs and Eradication Society. Photo by John Minnis groundbreaking technology, the Kahn Center, the only center of its kind in the Midwest, diagnoses heart and artery damage at its earliest phase, addresses root causes and uses all modalities to stop and reverse it. Dr. Kahn, whom you may recognize as a Fox 2 News Health Commentator, graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Michigan Medical School and is the author of two bestselling books and a writer for Reader’s Digest, Detroit Free Press and Huffington Post, to name a few. He answers a few questions about his new Grosse Pointe practice. seeing someone with no known heart found at my center. The search for disease that wants to be sure they inflammation and other root causes like What made you decide to open a are on a heart attack and stroke free sleep apnea, food intolerances, hidden clinic in Grosse Pointe? path. Advanced testing of blood, urine infections, environmental toxicity, Although I grew up in Oakland and artery imaging will determine genetic predispositions and more is County suburbs, my cardiology practice if they might benefit from a longer pursued. Finally, optimal goals are set crossed into the east side long ago membership. with a plan of medication if needed, and my patients span all three major supplements and diet and exercise. The counties. I adore Grosse Pointe and As the first cardiovascular studies are repeated quarterly to track couldn’t be more excited to be on the prevention practice in Michigan, progress and disease reversal. Hill, with friends at the Neighborhood what is the need for care like this? Club, War Memorial and other great This is the ultimate personalized The Kahn Center boasts institutions in the cities (I cannot leave vascular care based on your genetics, groundbreaking technologies. out Morning Glory!). inflammatory markers, nutritional What makes you particularly stores and detailed artery anatomy. I proud of these offerings? What is the mission of the Kahn have had the privilege to train with the CIMT (Carotid Intimal Medial Center for Cardiac Longevity? few advanced heart attack prevention Thickness) is an ultrasound technique The Center combines Western clinics in the United States and am endorsed by the American College of medical approaches with natural and proud to bring those skills to Grosse Cardiology that can image soft and hard integrative therapies using, nutrition, Pointe. Everyone should have this type plaque in the arteries years before a supplements, sleep therapy, oral health of evaluation. failed stress test, heart attack or stroke. and stress management. My mission I am proud to have a quality program in is a national campaign to prevent What sort of results can a patient Grosse Pointe. P one million heart attacks including expect to see? thousands in the Grosse Pointe area. My visits begin with education on The Kahn Center is located at 114 the causes of artery injury. Then we Kercheval Ave. For more information Can anyone visit? search for silent heart and artery disease or to schedule and appointment, visit Anyone can see me. In fact, I love using advanced imaging protocols only kahnlongevitycenter.com.
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hen Louisa Pietrowsky made her entry into the routine ultrasound at St. John Providence, she has a future. world, her family already knew the road ahead The Pietrowskys were referred to C.S. Mott Children’s W would be rocky. Hospital at the University of Michigan, where Louisa spent “Louisa was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart the first seven months of her life. Beginning at just nine days syndrome (HLHS) at 16 weeks gestation,” says mother old, she underwent open heart surgery and several other Andrea Pietrowsky. “The left chamber of her heart hadn’t major surgeries and procedures, including a tracheostomy formed.” for a threatening but temporary airway condition. In recognition of National Congenital Heart Defect month Pietrowsky says Grosse Pointe friends, neighbors and in February, the Pietrowsky family wanted to share Louisa’s members of the community have provided valuable support. story and reach out to other families experiencing congenital “When we’ve taken Louisa — on her ventilator — out in heart defects. Grosse Pointe, people have been so accepting and inclusive,” Just 30 years ago, Louisa’s condition was fatal within the says Pietrowsky. first few weeks of life. But thanks to advances in medical Louisa is part of the Grosse Pointe Early Childhood technology and an early and accurate diagnosis through a Center’s Birth-3 program, and Andrea describes their Clockwise starting from opposite page, Andrea, Sam, Louisa and Tom Pietrowsky finally together at home after Louisa spent her first seven months hospitalized; Louisa after her first heart surgery for HLHS; Getting stronger and more active, Louisa will soon be weaned off the home ventilator and have the nasal feeding tube removed; Louisa enjoying family time while watching a University of Michigan football game
services as “amazing.” “By her first birthday, Louisa learned to sit and now, we’re working on helping her stand,” says Pietrowsky. “She plays with toys, responds to verbal requests, has a sense of humor and is so smart. She has some delays, but by the time she goes to school, she’ll be on track with her peers – typical for HLHS survivors.” While Louisa’s defect is not repairable, her long-term prognosis is good. A three-stage series of open heart surgeries will redirect Louisa’s blood flow in and out of the heart. At 17 months old, she’s already had two of the surgeries, and the third will take place when she’s three or four years old. “Congenital heart defects occur in one in 100 births,” says Pietrowsky, “and while Louisa’s story is very complicated, lengthy and kind of frightening, it’s also incredibly remarkable. Everyone is hopeful and people have been deeply inspired.” Visit heartsofhopemi.org for more information and support for families affected by congenital heart defects. P pointe feature
Life is good — after double lung transplant
By Matthew Wentworth
amie McGarvah wakes up every wondered why.” Michigan hospital. “The doctor told me I J morning and hugs his wife. The news was shocking. McGarvah wasn’t leaving until the lungs came,” he “Every day is a gift,” he says. was suffering from idiopathic pulmonary says. Doctors put him on a ventilator. “I When you come as close to death as he fibrosis, or, IPF, a devastating lung was three to five days from death.” did, you tend to value every moment on disease. IPF doesn’t allow the body to Finally, the lungs came. McGarvah this earth. absorb oxygen. There’s no known cause, underwent a 13-hour surgery. “They cut McGarvah, 55, has lived his entire life and no cure. Within three years, most me from here to here,” he says, pointing in the Pointes. He drove a cement truck patients are dead. to a spot under each arm, and going for a living. He was married with three McGarvah had only one hope, a completely across his chest. “They call it children. He hunted, fished and rode double lung transplant. The news the clam shell,” says Becky. his Harley. He was a seemingly healthy was hard to comprehend. “Shock and Just one week later, he went home. man. But then, sometime in 2007, he denial,” says his wife of 26 years, Becky. McGarvah appears healthy, but he began to notice something was wrong. By 2010, McGarvah’s condition knows potential problems are never far “I just started getting out of breath and worsened. He went to University of away. He has no immune system. Many times, he walks around with a mask Becky and Jamie McGarvah covering his mouth. Last year, he came down with the stomach flu and spent four days back at U-M hospital. He also takes 19 pills a day, many to fight the side effects of the others. McGarvah now dedicates his time to encouraging people to sign up for organ donation. He goes to U-M to talk to people once a month. Another focus is the need for flu shots. “A flu shot isn’t just about your health, it’s about everybody else’s.” This winter, he hopes to get back on his snow skis, hit the slopes and breathe in that cool winter air. “I try to live a normal life,” he says. “I was really lucky. Really lucky.” P 44 pointe fitness Courage By Ken Welch
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Name Natalie Briles Age 26 Meet City Grosse Pointe Woods Natalie Occupation Hair Stylist Natalie’s Favorites Season Nothing beats Michigan summers Movie Mad Max: Fury Road Music Genre Alternative electronic Vacation Spot My family cottage on Harsens Island Spot in Grosse Pointe Lake Shore Drive Outdoor Activity Boating and walking my dog Restaurant Telly’s Place Dessert Mom’s chocolate cream pie
Photo by the Paul Briles About Natalie What is your favorite thing about living in Grosse Pointe? In her eighth year as a hairstylist, Natalie Lake St. Clair and long-time friend Jill Maks opened What are two of your best personality traits? their own business, My Salon Suites, in the Creative and confident Village a year ago. What is the best trip you’ve ever taken? Natalie enjoys trying new styles and Cruising on a houseboat on Lake Cumberland trends and says there is nothing more What is the best gift you’ve ever received? rewarding than watching a client walk out My first pair of professional shears, engraved from my parents. of her salon feeling amazing and excited to What is one thing not many people know about you? show off their new “do.” I love to play keyboard and sing. “I love Grosse Pointe for many reasons,” You win the million dollar lottery. What do you do? says Natalie, daughter of a hairstylist, John After taking care of my family, I would open an animal shelter. Briles, and mother, Cynthia, “but the most What accomplishment are you most proud of? important of all is that it’s where my family Starting my hair business at the age of 25 calls home. Without the love and support Words to live by? from them I wouldn’t be where I am today.” Everything happens for a reason Another of her loves is her dog, Wendy, who she refers to as her “fur baby.”
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Seniors applaud the work of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
By Karen Pope
he Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation — funded by the trust of the Grosse Pointe Shores T resident following his death on March 25, 2014 —announced in November a series of Southeast Michigan grants totaling $17.4 million. Of that, $6.7 million went to four organizations offering services to help seniors age in place. The grants were designated for endowments, capital expenses and operating expenses, a unique mix reflecting the complex challenges that nonprofit organizations face, and to address critical areas for which Ralph Wilson cared deeply throughout his life. “The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation took the time to understand that in addition to support for programming, Photo courtesy of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation we needed to make capital improvements and build endowments to ensure continuation of services,” says Jennifer Lepard, president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s accommodate the special needs of those 65 and older. Association Greater Michigan Chapter. Angela Hospice will use its $2.1 million grant to put The Alzheimer’s Association received $200,000 for telecommunication devices in the homes of its patients, current capital needs and $800,000 for an endowment allowing them and their caregivers 24/7 access to to meet future capital needs. A similar approach was realtime, face-to-face contact with an interdisciplinary used for the association’s respite scholarship program. team of professionals trained in hospice care. The association received $50,000 for current respite care “The idea of telemedicine has been around for more scholarships and $1 million to endow the program for than 15 years. Adoption in hospice has been slow, but the future. we think the time is right. People feel more comfortable “Ralph and Mary really understood how difficult it can with technology now,” says Margot Parr, Angela Hospice be to care for someone with dementia,” Lepard says. The president and CEO. association’s respite program provides $500 scholarships Bringing all this good news together and sharing to caregivers, enabling them to find alternative care for it with the aging community and its caregivers is the their patients so they can have some time for themselves. Services for Older Citizens on Ridge Road in Grosse With half of its $2 million grant, the St. John Hospital Pointe Woods. and Medical Center is establishing a senior assessment “We realize that SOC is considered a trusted safety for independent living center at the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. net,” says a case coordinator at the organization. “We Campus on Kercheval in the Village. have a great reputation and we do everything we can to The assessment center will provide three-hour live up to expectations.” evaluations specifically designed to cover the health and It was that spirit that won SOC the support of the wellness issues of older people. The patient, his family Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation. Its $525,000 grant and his doctor can use this information to develop an will set up a $300,000 endowment fund and provide action plan for the future. $25,000 for general operations, $100,000 for an With the other half of its $2 million grant, St. John operating reserve and $100,000 to support a campaign will reconfigure one of its medical-surgical units to to further build the endowment. P
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gain this year A volunteers in the AARP Tax- Aide Program will be working with the information and assistance team at Services for Older Citizens to provide free, confidential tax preparation services to low and moderate-income for their appointments. need, please check the American people. The basics that must be brought to Association for Retired Persons The AARP volunteers are IRS- the meeting are: website, www.AARP.org, or ask the certified, which means they have • Last year’s tax return(s) information and assistance expert at completed an SOC when you extensive initial call to schedule an training program appointment by and to maintain calling (313) 882- their certification 9600. they attend Appointments yearly updates on will be on changes in the tax Thursday from code. Feb. 4 through According to April 14. one of the AARP Please note: volunteers, they Taxpayers with will also represent the taxpayer complex tax returns containing if the IRS has questions after the rental properties, business filing. income with more than $10,000 The service is available to all in expenses or a large number of ages with an emphasis on those stock transactions should seek 60 years and older. Last year the • Social Security cards or other professional tax assistance. P AARP volunteers at the SOC location official documentation for yourself assisted 200 seniors with their tax and all your dependents. To learn more about the tax filings. • Photo I.D. required for all preparation services or to register, According to the AARP volunteers, taxpayers. visit socservices.org or call Services the SOC information and assistance • Checkbook if you want to direct for Older Citizens at (313) 882-9600. team goes the extra mile for the deposit any refund(s). SOC is located at 158 Ridge Road, taxpayers by helping them prepare For a full list of items you might Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. 48236.
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The Forum Shoppers
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n the legal community, W. Kinsey, baritone Raymond O. never taken a dime,” he says. “We sing forum shopping is a Sturdy and lead David J. Montera. for food and eat at some of the best I derogatory term, as it Giovan credits founding member Mike restaurants.” describes a lawyer searching for a court Donahue with coming up with the All kidding aside, their honors are that will look most favorably on the name. many. They leave their parodies behind client. However in the Detroit legal “We had four lawyers trying to come and pick up gospel sheet music when community, The Forum Shoppers up with a name,” he says, “and I shot invited to neighborhood churches in aren’t just looked upon favorably, out, ‘Forum Quorum.’ Mike then came Detroit. They can be found singing they’re a highly sought after source of up with ‘Forum Shoppers.’” the National Anthem at investitures, entertainment. Their original parodies poke fun courthouse dedications and flag- Formed in 1991, The Forum at the members’ given profession. raisings for Memorial Day. They are Shoppers got its start as a barbershop Don’t You Call Me Sweetheart is a also annual guests on Paul W. Smith’s quartet performing parodies about tune sung from the perspective of St. Patrick’s Day show on WJR. the legal profession for the Detroit female barristers, and Save Me from Their biggest thrill, however, was Bar Association annual revue. It was Discovery, sung to the tune of My singing the National Anthem at so well received, it returned every Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean is from the Comerica Park on 9/11 in 2009. The year and has since branched out into perspective of a young lawyer crawling largest crowd to date, they were joined performing at churches, community through one of the profession’s most on the field by both baseball teams as events and even luncheons at the tedious tasks. well as police and firefighters. Country Club of Detroit. Although dapper and buttoned up The group will continue in Of the original four members, only in their dark suits and matching ties, perpetuum. Sturdy says that no one William J. Giovan, a retired Wayne the quartet is certainly in it for the fun. can leave the group unless they have Count chief judge from Grosse Pointe Montera jokes that they are in it for the found their replacement. He also adds, Farms, remains. The bass of the free meals. “We’re always shopping for a forum to group, Giovan is joined by tenor Euel “One of the coolest things is we’ve sing.” P
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What was your first job? About Wiring panels at General Electric Joseph What did you want to be when you were growing up? Ever the entrepreneur, Joseph’s businesses Football player included Electronic Door Company, Vemco What is the best trip you’ve ever taken? Product Inc., and Operator Specialty Company. Taking my family to the west coast He sold Vemco Product to Stanley Works in 1975 Are you a collector of anything? but continued working until 1997, retiring at the No age of 77. What is the most historical day in your lifetime? Joseph (now widowed) and his wife Frances V-J Day were married in Boston where he served as an What’s one skill you’d like to learn? Ensign in the Navy. They had six children, Kathie How to be a good investor Hickel, Jackie Aumer, Marybeth Grosfield, Jeff, What accomplishment are you most proud of? Tom and Jim Vaughn. Sending my children to Catholic colleges Devout Catholics, Fran graduated from St. Words to live by? Charles High School and Joseph from University Never give up! of Detroit with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He is most proud of sending all six of his children to Catholic high schools and colleges.
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The Wright Brothers By Margie Reins Smith e often speak of the Wright brothers with The steady winds and sandy beaches of Kitty Hawk, North one word WilburandOrville as if they were Carolina, suited their requirements for experimenting, so W conjoined twins. One wore a mustache, but who they carted their flying machines back and forth by train remembers which one? David McCullough, winner of the from Dayton four years in a row. Pulitzer Prize for biographies of Harry Wilbur Orville made the first manned Truman and John Adams, surgically flight of a motor operated heavier-than- separates the brothers in his latest air craft on Thursday, Dec. 17, 1903, at biography, The Wright Brothers. Kitty Hawk. He was aloft for 12 seconds. Contemporaries considered the McCullough also tells readers about brothers eccentric. Wilbur, the the other four flights they made that unflappable one, didn’t care what morning. The longest lasted nearly a others thought. Orville was sensitive, minute. contemplative, painfully shy. Wilbur was Wilbur and Orville celebrated their more mature and measured while Orville 1903 success, but they didn’t rest. Two had imagination and mechanical genius. years later, they had developed the Their abilities were different, but they Flyer III, which was considered the first complemented each other. practical airplane. By 1905 they were able Orville contracted typhoid when he to circle a pasture near Dayton 29 times was 25 and nearly died. During his long and demonstrate for admiring onlookers recovery, Wilbur read aloud to him flights as long as 38 minutes. about mechanical and human flight. McCullough follows the brothers Both were intrigued. Wilbur wrote to the through the next few decades of Smithsonian Institution and requested accolades, successes, recordsetting flights everything published on the subject. and the inevitable mishaps. Orville was They built their first biplane, a large critically injured in a 1908 crash that kite, in 1899, in a room above their killed Lt. Thomas Selfridge and gave bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio. McCullough tells how Selfridge the distinction of being the first air casualty. they tested it — tweaked it — tested it again — learned Wilbur died in 1912 at age 45. Orville died in 1948 at age from their failures and successes. Both were intelligent, 77. By then, the sound barrier had been broken and he had determined, patient men with extraordinary problem witnessed jet propulsion, rockets and the dedication of solving abilities. Neither married — both were good cooks. the Dayton bicycle repair shop and Wright family home in They pooled their money in one bank account. Greenfield Village, Dearborn. P
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By Chris Waldmeir s Grosse Pointers’ appetite owning his own restaurant, something newly added bar and wood paneling for sushi has grown, so he finally saw come to fruition in 2010 that came from a 150-year-old barn A has Joel Radu’s popular when Blufin Sushi Bar first opened. “I in South Lyon to cover the walls and restaurant, Blufin Sushi Bar. always wanted to get into this business,” ceiling. In fact, Radu’s dream establishment says Radu. “I’ve had a passion for food From grilled salmon to lamb chops went through a complete renovation, for a very long time.” to burgers and sliders, Blufin offers far doubling the interior space, adding a full An entrepreneur at heart, Radu more than what most expect to find in bar as well as an outdoor dining area started a property maintenance a sushi bar. With a full menu of food along with renovated restrooms and business when he was 21 years old and and beverages to accompany the vast rear entrance. Radu capitalized on an in 2010, after 15 years in business, was sushi menu, Blufin also offers a gourmet opportunity that he hopes Pointers will able to sell a portion of his company and Sunday brunch. appreciate and enjoy. use the proceeds to finance his dream. “We’re so much more than just a sushi “The community kept asking us to “It’s been quite a learning experience,” restaurant and we wanted the ambiance expand, and their continued patronage Radu admits, “but I’ve enjoyed every to reflect that,” says Radu. “It’s awesome supported the idea that it was time to part of it.” to see the community support our grow,” says Radu. “We wanted to give Sticking with the popular trend of business, I can’t thank them enough.” our customers a relaxed, comfortable using reclaimed materials to create Radu lives in Grosse Pointe Farms setting that would allow them to enjoy a rustic, warm feeling, the remodel with his wife, Kathlyn, and their three their time here.” utilized items such as discarded bricks children, Jackson, 12, Stella, 8, and Radu, 41, had always dreamed of from old Detroit buildings to create the Sonny, 5. P
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68 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE pointe paparazzi Hot Jazz on a ‘Cool’ Night* Aug. 13 @ The Ovation Photos by Matt Wentworth *Northeast Guidance Center Kruise 4 Kids 2015
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grosse pointe magazine | january-february 2016 69 pointe paparazzi Butterfly Bench Auction Sept. 7 @ Grosse Pointe War Memorial Photos by Christine M.J. Hathaway
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70 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE pointe paparazzi Paddle Around Lower Michigan Aug. 28 @ Farms Pier Park Photos by Andrew Dietderich
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Name Naszreen Gibson City Grosse Pointe Woods Meet Occupation Purveyor of Fine Tea
Naszreen The Rendezvous With Tea The Rendezvous With Tea, at 20792 Mack Ave., north of Vernier, is synonymous with fine teas from the world’s top growers. We currently stock over 350 loose and packaged teas, including rare teas. In addition, we carry tea ware, teapots, cups and saucers and tea gadgets in porcelain, glass and stainless steel. My brand is exclusively blended by our Master Blenders in Sri Lanka to my specific flavor combinations that include spices, fruit, flowers and nuts always in quality tea and are individually packaged in silken pyramids. My teas are named for places and people I love! We conduct monthly educational tea tastings (by reservation only) and include cake infused with tea.
What was your first job? About A start up...to purchase and equip a hair salon and nail studio Why did you want to become the owner of a fine tea shop? Naszreen A 16-year dream to introduce people to the world of tea Naszreen is from Sri Lanka, home of What is the best advice you’ve received? Ceylon Tea. She and husband Barnie My father always said, “Treat people well on your way up the ladder of success, one Vincent and their two children, Kareem day you will meet them on your way down!” RESPECT and INTEGRITY above all. Benjamin, 24, and Sabrinne Helen, 22, What is the best or most memorable feedback you’ve ever received? are considered a multi-cultural family When a major Michigan tea distributor visited and said, “There’s nothing like this with third culture kids (the children shop in Michigan.” having grown up outside their parents’ Tell us something about you that most people don’t know. culture(s) for a significant part of their I survived ovarian cancer and learned that when God gives you a second chance, developmental years). grab with both hands and do good. I talk tea and its benefits. Having always lived in a hot/humid What is your most often used phrase? climate, people warned Naszreen of So, what to do! A wonderful Malaysian phrase. the Michigan winters. Her response, What is your favorite thing to do outside of work? “Wow, I love it, I am in the tundra Shop! now!” If you weren’t a purveyor of fine tea what would you be? When time permits, Naszreen enjoys The managing director of an energy saving company in Malaysia. watching swim and track meets, Words to live by? reading, Detroit history and lately U.S. My personal motto: It’s never about one, but for the good of all. politics.
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74 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE pointe feature Dental disease in dogs, cats Pointe By Dr. Nancy Pillsbury
ust like humans, routine dental magazine care is very important in dogs because they deserve it! J and cats. While we sometimes think bad breath in our pets is normal, it can signify periodontal disease. Some proudly signs to look for to indicate your pet may have a problem with supports the teeth include: 1. Halitosis (bad breath) 2. Red or swollen gums, or discharge around the area where the teeth meet the gums 3. Thick tartar buildup or missing teeth 4. Trouble eating, decreased appetite, 313-884-1551 or weight loss gpaas.org If you notice any of the above, you should have your pet seen by your veterinarian to evaluate the teeth and gums as a professional dental cleaning may be needed. The cleaning is generally Harper Woods Veterinary Hospital done under anesthesia, and in some cases dental extractions may be necessary. Leaving dental issues untreated can be Caring people, dangerous as infection from the teeth and gums can spread to other organs, such as Caring for pets the heart, liver, and kidneys, causing life- Dr. David Balaj threatening conditions. Dr. Elizabeth Doppke Once the teeth are cleaned, preventive Dr. Nancy Pillsbury measures can be taken to help keep the Dr. Stephanie Bagwell mouth healthy. Sometimes it takes a Dr. Bridget Wright while for your pet to get used to it, but 20102 Harper Avenue, Harper Woods, MI 48225 brushing the teeth at home with special www.HarperWoodsVet.com • (313) 881-8061 pet products can help reduce and prevent plaque buildup. There are also chew Animal Urgent & treats that can help prevent buildup: be sure to check with your veterinarian Critical Care Center on their recommendations for these www.aucccmi.com products. AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY PET CARE Our pets will appreciate us helping them to start the New Year off right with 313-881-6200 20112 Harper Avenue @ Norwood Dr. cleaner teeth, healthy gums, and fresher smelling breath! Offering the very best in pet care, including advanced laser surgery, digital radiography, Dr. Nancy Pillsbury is a 1993 graduate of Michigan State University. ultrasonography, low intensity laser therapeutic treatments. She joined Harper Woods Veterinary Hospital in 2011. our hospital is staffed 24 hours around the clock Located on Harper Ave between Allard and Vernier grosse pointe magazine | january-february 2016 75 pointe feature SOC goes to the dogs (and cats)
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rosse Pointe Animal Adoption Martin, founder and president every other week. Society has been helping of GPAAS, with her brigade of “There is a deep, spiritual G animals in the Pointes find volunteers, sets up to show 20 to 25 engagement,” he says. “Both [the homes for nearly 20 years, but their dogs and 10 to 15 cats. The events animal and person] need it.” adoption fairs have been continuously start at 12 p.m., with smaller dogs With 120 animals to place, Martin hampered by development. available until 1:30 p.m. Larger dogs has her work cut out for her. But the Each of their previous locations – are brought in afterward. Adoptions work has its rewards. She is most the former Children’s Home of Detroit may even be finalized there, once touched by those who adopt an older in the Woods, the old Neighborhood an application is filled out and an or impaired animal in need of special Club in the City and Camp Bow Wow interview is conducted. or medical care. Other cases get her in St. Clair Shores – have all closed or At one recent fair, Archie, an apricot attention as well. remodeled, leaving GPAAS without poodle/shitzu mix, happily greeted “The ones that are great for me are space to show their dogs and cats. But people as they walked through the the older people who get a pet to be a that changed in the fall, when Services door. He was trying his best to prance companion,” she says. for Older Citizens entered the picture. and dance into someone’s heart. With her new home at SOC, “It seemed so logical,” says David People live longer, healthier lives she’s bound to see more of those Dieter, executive director of SOC, who when they have a pet, Dieter says, companionships formed. P has an adopted pet of his own. “Our and the fairs can help facilitate those mission is to protect and keep people connections. He also says that some in their homes. It’s a very symbiotic people come to the fairs just to pet the Top left and center, SOC members and relationship.” animals. Maybe they can’t have a pet GPAAS volunteers partner up; top right, Every other Saturday, Corinne at home, but the small need is fulfilled Allan Ullery, GPAAS volunteer, and Blue Girl
76 january-february 2016 | grosse pOINTE MAGAZINE pointe financial planner Happy New Year!
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Yacht Club, 5:30-8 p.m. additional child, watch “Big Hero 6,” 13 WEDNESDAY includes popcorn and beverage as well • The Family Center’s Play Central in 30 SATURDAY as a special photo of the two of you, the gym at Barnes Early Childhood • Neff Park Annual Winter Fest, 1 p.m. ages 5 and up, 6 p.m. Center, where parents, grandparents and caregivers play with their children while socializing with other families 11 THURSDAY • Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public in an open indoor play setting, $5 per Library Book Sale, Members-Only family, for dates and times, plus a Free Day, in the Ewald Program Room, 11 Visit Coupon, visit familycenterweb. February a.m. - 8 p.m. org, every Wednesday and Thursday • The Family Center Meet & Greet through May, 9-10 a.m. at Assumption Cultural Center, A • The Family Center presents Healing 04 THURSDAY Gathering for School, Mental Health After Loss in Miller Hall at Christ • Power of the Heart: Mingling, Movie and Other Professionals Working with Church of Grosse Pointe with Marla and Munchies, presented by Beaumont Youth, Adults and Family, register Ruhana, LMSW, CSW, register online Health at Grosse Pointe War Memorial, online at familycenterweb.org or call at familycenterweb.org or call (313) free, 6-11 p.m. (313) 432-3832, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. 432-3832, free, 7 p.m. • “Highlights of the 2015 Philadelphia 05 FRIDAY Flower Show” sponsored by the Grosse 17 SUNDAY • Trombly Grade School Green House Pointe Garden Center, Bliss Clark and • Grosse Pointe Chamber Music at the Preservation Fundraiser: Casino Night Richard Thomas share highlights at War Memorial, $14, 2:30-5 p.m. the War Memorial, free to members, • Grosse Pointe Theatre presents “Chess: SATURDAY $5 per nonmember, reservations at The Musical” in the Grosse Pointe War 06 (313) 881-7511, ext. 206, registration at • Winterfest on the Hill, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Memorial Theater, 2 p.m., also 8 p.m. 7 p.m., presentation at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 21-23, 28-30 and 2 p.m. on • Behind the Scenes Tour at the Ford Jan. 24 House, reservations required, $13 per member, $15 per non-member, $22 for 12 FRIDAY TUESDAY BTS Tour combined with House Tour, • Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public 19 1-2:30 p.m., if combining with House Library Book Sale in the Ewald • Grosse Pointe Chamber Business After Tour, arrive by 11:45 a.m. Program Room, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hours at First Merit Bank, 5:30-7 p.m. • Chilly Fest at Windmill Pointe Park, 12-4 p.m. • Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society 22 FRIDAY Adoption Day at SOC, 12-3 p.m. 13 SATURDAY • Grosse Pointe Garden Center Annual • Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Meeting and Luncheon, Highlights Library Book Sale in the Ewald of the 2015 Garden Tour by Mil 07 SUNDAY Program Room, BAG DAY, $5 per bag Hurley at the War Memorial, lunch • Grosse Pointe Chamber Music at the War of anything left, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. by reservation only, free admission to Memorial, $14 at the door, 2:30-5 p.m. • Behind the Scenes Tour at the Ford meeting and presentation, reservations House, reservations required, $13 per required by Jan. 19 at (313) 881-7511, MONDAY member, $15 per non-member, $22 for 08 BTS Tour combined with House Tour, ext. 206, luncheon at 12 p.m., meeting • Daddy/Daughter Date Night at Windmill 1-2:30 p.m., if combining with House and presentation at 1 p.m. Pointe Park, $12 for two, $6 per Tour, arrive by 11:45 a.m. additional child, watch “Inside Out,” • Izzy’s Second Saturdays at the SATURDAY includes popcorn and beverage as well as 23 Provencal-Weir House, make • Health Wellness Expo at the a special photo of the two of you, ages 5 Valentine raspberry turnovers with Neighborhood Club, free and open to and up, 6 p.m. fresh produce and powdered sugar, the public, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. $20 per member, $25 per non- • Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption member, reservations must be made Society Adoption Day at SOC, 12-3 09 TUESDAY by Thursday, Feb. 11, ask for Izzy at p.m. • Grosse Pointe Chamber Business Before Hours at Breckel’s Massage Therapy, 8-9 (313) 884-7010, 1-3 p.m. a.m. • Grosse Pointe Historical Society Open 28 THURSDAY House and La Belle Country Store • Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce open at the Provencal-Weir House, 1-4 Annual Dinner and Pointer of 10 WEDNESDAY p.m. Distinction Awards at Grosse Pointe • Mother/Son Date Night, at Windmill Pointe Park, $12 for two, $6 per
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BTS Tour combined with House Tour, member, $15 per non-member, $22 14 SUNDAY - Valentine’s Day 1-2:30 p.m., if combining with House for BTS Tour combined with House • Michigan Opera Theatre Studio Tour, arrive by 11:45 a.m. Tour, 1-2:30 p.m., if combining with Valentine’s Day Concert at the War House Tour, arrive by 11:45 a.m. Memorial, $55 concert with dinner, • Our Lady Star of the Sea’s annual $25 concert only, 5:30-9 p.m. 23 TUESDAY • Grosse Pointe Chamber Business After auction, this year titled “Diamonds Hours at Calico, 5:30-7 p.m. and Stars — Shining Bright for 60 18 THURSDAY Years,” will take place at the Grosse • Grosse Pointe Theatre presents “A Pointe Yacht Club. Tickets are $90. Steady Rain” in the Grosse Pointe War 25 THURSDAY For more information, go to www. • The Family Center presents “Taking Care Memorial Theater, 8 p.m., also at 8 OLSOS-Auction.org. While Giving Care: Making Informed p.m. on Feb. 19, 20, 25-27, and at 2 Decisions While Caring for Our Loved p.m. on Feb. 21, 28 Ones” at Assumption Cultural Center, Start gathering your books ... light food and refreshments, free, register Sneak preview from GP MI 20 SATURDAY online at familycenterweb.org or call AAUW: Annual Used Book Sale • Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society (313) 432-3832, 5-8 p.m. May 17 – 21 at First English Adoption Day at SOC, 12-3 p.m. • Detroit in WWII with Gregory D. Sumner Evangelical Lutheran Church in at the War Memorial, free, 6:30 p.m. Grosse Pointe Woods. Collection begins March 28. Visit www. 21 SUNDAY grossepointe-mi.AAUW.net • Behind the Scenes Tour at the Ford 27 SATURDAY for details. House, reservations required, $13 per • Behind the Scenes Tour at the Ford member, $15 per non-member, $22 for House, reservations required, $13 per
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Christmas time inside Tig Cóilí, a pub in Galway, Ireland, where traditional music, community and craic (Irish witty, friendly conversation) are alive and well. A European Edit Photo by Lauren McGregor Pointe Magazine’s assistant editor on her time abroad By Lauren McGregor uch time has passed and middle of Trafalgar Square where the I endeavored to recall the countless countless memories have Blessing of the Crib would take place. sweet moments that made up each day. M been made since my last A modest crowd at first rapidly From neighbors we’d never met travel piece. But, perhaps predictably, quadrupled in size. Folks of all dropping off a box of cookies on the holiday season, spent between nationalities and ages pressed together Christmas Day to the great number of Galway, London and the Cotswolds, in the famous square and sang in a donation collectors and charity events was the most memorable. hauntingly quiet tone “Silent Night.” we’ve run into in England, I have been While in Galway, news of attacks on I would be remiss to say my mind struck and moved by the goodness of Beirut, Paris and Baghdad reached us. didn’t turn to the chance of some those we’ve encountered. At first filled with fear and grief, our attack taking place. But the joy and Because it was not true for all, I experiences following the around-the- the light and the hope on the faces was profoundly grateful to spend this clock updates on a tragedy a couple surrounding us, gathered in so open a holiday season in a safe place where hours’ plane ride away brought us spot just days after the Paris attacks, the weekly newspaper’s front page incredible peace, impregnable hope. filled me with a sense of wellbeing I’d reads, “Community Efforts Help Tree One moment in particular will stick scarcely experienced those couple of to Sparkle.” Our fortunate reality, in with me forever. weeks. which we spent Dec. 25 watching It’s A My husband, Corey, and I met a It’s easy to focus on the major Wonderful Life with full bellies next to good friend in London for the day. He events that occurred over the last few a roaring fire, was startlingly magnified invited us to attend a Salvation Army months, to let them, and the nerve- this year. carol service at St. Martin-in-the- racking increase in security measures, “All is calm, all is bright.” I hope as Fields, followed by a procession to the define some of our time abroad, but much was true for your holiday season.
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